What API is on iOS that queries DNS with encryption that isn't on Android?

Yesterday I was at a Christmas party in the Silicon Valley with a few
Google & Apple execs, where I asked everyone why they liked their phone,
and when I said there was nothing on iOS that isn't already on Android (for
free besides), one guy who writes code for both platforms told me that
there are APIs in iOS that are public that are not in Android (public or
private), such as the API to encrypt DNS queries without VPN.

That was interesting since he knew far more than I do, of course, as he's a
VP of a startup company that sells communications equipment to both
companies.

If anyone knows more about that - let me know if you know the specifics.

What API is on iOS that queries DNS with encryption that isn't on Android?

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

at which point you told him that he had only a 5th grade education and
was playing childhood games, that he was lying and you were the only
one with the facts, and then went to socialize with the adults in the
room.

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

I didn't know groundskeepers, cafeteria staff, janitors and bus drivers
were called execs. Is that a California thing? I have nothing against
these fine workers, of course, but this title mania is out of control IMO.

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:08:05 -0500, nospam wrote:

Actually, since it was a party where there was a lot going on, we were
conversing at the table where everyone was sampling the expensive wines
near a Faberge egg display, where the following conversation, cross my
heart, took place...

We had conversed for only a few moments, where all these Silicon Valley
execs are my neighbors so we know each other well in the non-professional
environment (I take them on hikes, for example), when I saw exec 1 (let's
call him "AC") pull out his iPhone for some reason - which is when I had
asked him why on earth such a smart guy uses such a dumb phone.

AC was the guy whose teams develop on both Android & iOS where he was the
one to later told me that there are public APIs (yes, plural even) on iOS
that are not on Android, such as the one to handled encrypted DNS (which is
the only API I could get out of him at the rather busy party).

Just about that time, exec 2, let's call him MB, who happens to have both
but who was using Android at that moment, chimed in that "I have absolutely
no people skills", to which I asked what he meant. He said "you're so smart
and yet you don't know how to get a message across", to which his friend
"AC" concurred.

MB openly volunteered to take me under his wing to "teach me people
skills", where I was so confused as to whether he was joking or being
serious that I looked over to AC and asked, "is he serious?".

AC pointed back to MB saying, "See! He can't read you even enough to tell
if you're being serious or if you're joking". MB insisted he was serious
(we are friends, after all), but he insisted at the same time that at a
party, it's not proper to insult the intelligence of people simply for
choosing to use the iPhone.

I _still_ don't know if he was serious or joking, but both "said" they were
serious. We moved on to other conversations shortly thereafter, so I didn't
get a chance (yet) to pump AC for details on the specific APIs that Apple
has which Android does not - but clearly AC took affront when I told him
how worthless iOS is compared to Android (although AC nodded in agreement
when I said there was plenty functionality on Android that isn't on iOS).

AC mainly took affront that I claimed there was 0 on iOS not already on
Android, while MB thought that I could use my obvious intelligence a bit
less brutally honestly up front. He said he'd love to coach me.

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

wrote:

Well, since you crossed your heart, I guess the rest can be taken at
face value. Once a heart has been crossed, no untrue word can be spoken.

I don't envy you and your Aspergers. You have no social skills
whatsoever. Don't like my observation? Read on for another opinion or
two.

People with Aspergers have trouble with nuanced emotions such as sarcasm
versus sincerity. You should have just told them that you have AS. They
probably already guessed it, but confirmation might have helped them to
relate to you in a way that works better for you.

Even without the crossing of the heart, it rings true to me. You've
perfectly and accurately described the behavior of a person with AS. You
have my sympathies. Life is surely hard for you, especially when life
presents you with a social situation for which you are totally
unequipped and unprepared.

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

On 12/26/2018 8:30 AM, arlen holder wrote:

<snip>

The reason execs use iPhones are because of security and privacy, two
areas where Android is weaker than iOS (though security is improved with
Android 9). The cost difference of the hardware is of little concern.

Google's whole business model is based on a lack of privacy, and that
isn't going to change <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFCSp23xl40.

Re: Christmas party: iOS has a public API to query DNS encrypted but Android does not

On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:22:44 -0800, sms wrote:

I've been out of the business world for a while, but when I was in it, cost
was of zero concern (in those days, they paid for everything, so, they,
effectively, owned everything, even the service plan).

At that time, they would take the new phone from us, and "do something" to
it, and then give it back. Everything went through their VPN after that,
for example.

Facts.
Privacy is a complex subject, as is security.

The problem in declaring that the "chain of communication" for Apple is,
somehow, different than that of Android, is problematic when you consider
that some of the components of that chain are EXACTLY the same for both.

What we have, in effect, is a chain containing strong links and then weaker
links and then even weaker links, some of which are as strong as fishing
line, while others are as weak as cotton sewing thread.

The MARKETING organization of the big company advertises like crazy those
strong links, but remains silent on the sewing thread holding them
together.